The Community Air Risk Evaluation Program unites government, communities, and businesses to address areas of concentrated air pollution and related public health effects in the Bay Area.

While overall air pollution continues to decrease in the Bay Area, some communities still experience higher pollution levels than others. These communities are generally near pollution sources (such as freeways, busy distribution centers, and large industrial facilities) and negative impacts on public health in these areas are greater. The CARE Program aims to reduce these health impacts linked to local air quality.

The goals of the CARE Program are to:

Identify areas where air pollution contributes most to health impacts and where populations are most vulnerable to air pollution.

Apply sound scientific methods and strategies to reduce health impacts in these areas.

Engage community groups and other agencies to develop additional actions to reduce local health impacts.

Impacted Areas

The map below shows areas with elevated pollution levels based on detailed emissions inventories and air dispersion modeling that the Air District has identified as impacted. ArcGIS shapefiles for these areas as well as a PDF map(3 Mb PDF, 1 pg, posted 01/25/18) are also available.